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Sultan Shujah seeing the season for failing had passed away , “ and perceiving
the situation in which he was then placed was a « desperate one , determined on
pursuing equally desperate mea« sures , and undertook the performance of an ...
Sultan Shujah seeing the season for failing had passed away , “ and perceiving
the situation in which he was then placed was a « desperate one , determined on
pursuing equally desperate mea« sures , and undertook the performance of an ...
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It will then be seen , that the genius of the Hindoos was happily led on ; and that
their bent of disposition was aptly regulated and attempered by the rules
established for the performance of their several professions . A precision which
repelled ...
It will then be seen , that the genius of the Hindoos was happily led on ; and that
their bent of disposition was aptly regulated and attempered by the rules
established for the performance of their several professions . A precision which
repelled ...
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The importance of these offices must have given to the Bramin great sway in a
community where a knowledge of religious worthip , from its complex variety ,
becomes a task of arduous labour ; and where , at the same time , a performance
of ...
The importance of these offices must have given to the Bramin great sway in a
community where a knowledge of religious worthip , from its complex variety ,
becomes a task of arduous labour ; and where , at the same time , a performance
of ...
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heaven , without suffering intermediate purgation . In addition to the dread of fo
degraded a state of'mortification , the widow on the other side is told by the
Bramins , that the performance of the act of self - destruction will entitle her to an
ample ...
heaven , without suffering intermediate purgation . In addition to the dread of fo
degraded a state of'mortification , the widow on the other side is told by the
Bramins , that the performance of the act of self - destruction will entitle her to an
ample ...
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We should pass indeed a contemptuous , not to say an unjust censure , on the
understanding of the ancient Hindoos , did we suppose that they had overlooked
a situation , at once so favourable to the performance of their religious duties ,
and ...
We should pass indeed a contemptuous , not to say an unjust censure , on the
understanding of the ancient Hindoos , did we suppose that they had overlooked
a situation , at once so favourable to the performance of their religious duties ,
and ...
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| Title | A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, George Forster |
| Author | George Forster |
| Publisher | Faulder, 1798 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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